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MDI42B01SE00019
| Record Name(s) | Roseval Silica No. 3 - 1988 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1999-Jun-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-20 |
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| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Silica
Township or Area: Penhorwood
Latitude: 48° 5' 50.12" Longitude: -82° 8' 4.82"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 415518.32 Northing: 5327732.59 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42B01SE
Point Location Description: Open pit claim P.9944260
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: The deposit is located east of patented claims S4419 and S4421 which straddle the CNR mainline, 5 miles east of Kukatush station. Access by vehicle is via the Kenogaming logging road/Penhorwwod road south from Highway 101 to the railway at Tionaga. From here a new road north of the tracks runs west for 4 km to the Cryderman mine site and the Roseval #3 pit is adjacent to and on the north side of the road.
1988: Roseval Silica - discovery, stripping and diamond drilling. 1989: Roseval Silica - geophysical surveys, stripping drilling, reserve calculation. 1990: Roseval Silica - mag and VLF. 1999: La Société de Gestion Maskours Inc. – Assays. 2000-2001: La Société de Gestion Maskours Inc. – Comp.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3237 / 2.12658 | 42B01SE0010 | 42B01SE0010 |
| T-3237 / 2.13006 | 42B01SE0007 | 42B01SE0007 |
| T-3237 / 2.13005 | 42B01SE0006 | 42B01SE0006 |
| T-3237 / 2.13004 | 42B01SE0008 | 42B01SE0008 |
| T-3237 / 2.14090 | 42B01SE0009 | 42B01SE0009 |
| T-3237 / | 42B01SE0013 | 42B01SE0013 |
| T-3237 / 63.5551 | 42B01SE0011 | 42B01SE0011 |
| T-4237 / 2.19621 | 42B01SE2002 | 42B01SE2002 |
| T-4601 / 2.21339 | 42B01SE2003 | 42B01SE2003 |
| T-3237 / donation | donation | donation |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The property is underlainby a noarrow NE trending body of metavolcanic rocks which have been intruded by ultramafic bodies, early biotite trondhjemite gneiss and late biotite granodiorite. The early gneissic unit intudes to the north and south of the quartz veins (Hardiman Lake pluton), while the late intrusive forms a narrow foliation paralle dike within, to the NE and SW of the Roseval property and intrudes further to the north (Kukatush pluton). In the report is noted that the quartz bodies are located on or near the contacts between the metavolcanic rocks and older and younger felsic rocks. All of these formations are cut by later NW trending diabase dikes.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granodiorite | 2 | Near | ||
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Chlorite, Pyrite | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - This water-filled site is L shaped with a ramp entering the vein at the NE and another ramp entering from the SW. A bench occurs along the NW wall. Chloritic schist is exposed along the bench, however, outcrops W of the bench are composed of pink granite with weins of quartz. The SE wall exposes a sheeted series of quartz veins in chloritic schist. Intense folding of the metavolcanics was noted along the SE wall. The quartz vein is exposed above the NE end of the quarry. Here the vein narrows in width, is strongly Fe stained and is included with numerous foliation parallel bands of chloritic schist. The quartz is coarsely crystalline, milky white and translucent to opaque.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Dolomite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Weak | Veins |
Feb 09, 2016 (A Wilson) - The main quartz vein is a composite of several large pulses. The earlier pulses are characterized by numerous xenoliths of granitic and volcanic material. Immediately adjacent tot he wall rock these xenoliths form a breccia with sub-horizontal parallel fragments that grade into a series of smaller sub-horizontal quartz veins which extend into the wall rocks. These earlier veins are characterized by containing up to 10% feldspar. There are two distinct grain sizes within the quartz vein.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mesothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 200 | 50 | 90 | 215 | 75 |
Date: Jun 27, 2000
Geologist: G Seim
Notes: G. Seim and B. Atkinson visited this site on June 13, 2000. There was no activity ongoing at that time. 1500 samples of quartz were taken for use with the PDAC Mining Matters educational kits.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSEVAL NO. 3 | 1990 | Probable | 260520 | OFR 5912, VOL 2, P.547 | Silica 98 Percent |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | -1 |
Silica 0 Tonne |
MNR Communication | Roseval Silica aggregate permit was suspended for failure to file a compliance report. The production is suspended. The -1 in production entry stands for no production. |
| 1988 | 59063 |
Silica 56262 Tonne |
OFR 5912 |
Map - Geological series, Tomiko area (west half), District of Nipissing
Publication Number: P0678 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R297 Page: 51 Date: 1995
Author: Ayer J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: M2627 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1995
Author: Ayer J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)
Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 545-547 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - An Evaluation of Potential High-Purity Silica Sources: Preliminary Site Investigation, Volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5948 Page: 195-208 Date: 1996
Author: McAuley J.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Penhorwood Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1993
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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